Door pull and stop



M. c. CRAWFORD 2,430,974

DOOR PULL AND STOP Nov. 18, '1947.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ill 1- Filed April 3, 1946 M. C. CRAWFORD I DOOR PULL AND STOP Filed April s, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W YL f I 7 1a 3 v a 15 3 I 24 J 21 20 Z7 Z6 1 r W" 7 w Swuemtoa Patented Nov. 18, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE noon PULL AND ST-GP MaynardC. Crawford, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application April 3, 1946-,Seri2t1 ND. 659,336

l'oClaimsz i This invention relates to a door pull. It finds particular usefulness as applied to-cabinet or cupboard doors or to any hinged closure. The prin- Cipal object of thisin-vention is to provide a door pull of novel type having enclosure means for receiving a corner of a door;

Another objec'tisto provide a door pull of this type having socket means integrally formed thereon to facilitate manual opening or closing of the door.

Another object is to provide a-d'oo'r pull of this type having stop means for Iimiting't-he' pivotal motion of the door,'whi'ch-'stop means maybe positioned along either-the horizontal or vertical edge of'the door pull.

A further object is to provide a door pull attractive in appearance and substantial in'chara'cter built socket means "for manual actuation.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, relate to one form of my invention and Figures 5 to 8 relate to a modification thereof.

Figure 1 is a front elevation view of acabinet installation of the type normally employed in a kitchen of aprivate home, and illustrating door pulls embodying a preferred form of my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2--2 as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional elevation taken substantially on the line 33 as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional elevation taken substantially on the line 4-4 as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail elevation View illustrating door pulls embodyin my invention and adapted for use with double hinged door construction employing a central stop post.

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially n the line 6-6 as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 1-'| as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 8 is a view of the inside surface of a door showing details of mounting of the door pull with respect to the door, certain parts being in section.

Referring to the drawings, the cupboard doors l9 and H may be formed of uniform thickness material such as plywood. The lower free corner of each door, that is, the lower corners I2 and I3 opposite the hinges I4, is received within a recess l formed within each of the door pulls I6 and I1. Since the door pull I1 is substantially identical 2 to the docrrpuillilfi except that it is left-hand instead 'o'f right-hand, a description of the righthandl' door pull it will suffice for both.

Th'eirecess leis defined by a front wall 1 8; a rear wall is, and the mutually perpendicular bottom wall and edge walls Eliand 2 ,respectiv'ely. These wall's are all joined integrally. Apertures 22 and Ztareprovidedinzthe edge wall and bottom wall, respectively; through which wood screws may be passed for maintaining: the door in assembled relation witnuzrespec't to: the door :pirl'l' 16. A rim: 24 extendsoutwardly from the lower portion of the front wall t8 and cooperatestherewithto define a socket 2-5 for convenient engagement by ffinge'rs of arperson 'opening'tnevdoor. A's-shown in Fig. 3',

the socket Z5 is open at the top an'dis closed by a plate as along the bottom. Stop meansareeprm vided on the-door :pull l6 for limiting the pivotal movement-of the door is and 'as shown in Figures 1 to 4, this stop means includes a depending skirt z t-extending downwardlyfrom the lower wall 20 to provide aledge which abuts thefloor 28 of thecabinet. The entire-door pull Isis formed of integral construction for stiffness and rigidity as well. as for ease of cleaning.

The door pulls H; and [1 may thus be mounted at the lower free corners of a pair of hinged doors, but they may also be mounted at the upper free corners as shown in the lower portion of Figure 1 and in Figure 4. In such an inverted mounting, the door pull l1 becomes the righthand pull and the door pull It becomes the lefthand pull, as will be readily understood. In such case the pull socket 25 opens from the bottom instead of from the top. The modification shown in Figures 5 to 8, inclusive, employs a laterally extending lip 29 which projects from the front wall Hi to provide a stop ledge 30 adapted to contact the central stop post 3!. Other details of construction of the modification are similar to the construction abov described with the exception that the pull socket 25A normally opens from the bottom rather than from the top. It, will be understood that this construction is optional in any case. The view of the inside of the cabinet door Ill, as shown in Figure 8, illustrates how the door may be recessed as at 32 and 33 to receive the edge wall 2! and the bottom wall 20, respectively, in order that the stop ledge 30 and the bottom ledge 21 may not extend too far from the edges of the door.

It will be understood from the above description that my improved door pull may be applied equally well to the top, bottom, or sides of a plane surfac door, as shown in the drawings, or may 3 I be also applied to so-called rabbeted doors hav- 1 ing a relatively thick frame enclosing a relatively I thin panel section.

Having fully described my invention, it is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to any of the details set forth herein except as defined in the appended claims.

I claim;

1. A door pull adapted to be mounted at a free corner of a hinged door, having in combination walls forming a recess adapted to receive and enclose portions of the edges and sides adjacent said corner, and means forming a pull socket integrally associated with one of said walls.

2. A door pull having a recess adapted to receive the corner of a door to enclose portions of the edges and sides adjacent the corner, and socket means formed integrally on the door pull for manual movement of the door.

3. A door pull having enclosing means for receiving the corner of a door, said means including spaced parallel side walls integrally joined by a bottom wall and an edge wall, and socket means formed integrally on the door pull for manual movement of the door.

4. A door pull having enclosing means for receiving the corner of a door, said means including spaced front and rear parallel side walls integrally joined by a bottom wall and an edge wall, and means integrally associated with the front wall for manual movement of the door.

5. A door pull having a recess defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls integrally joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge walls, and means integrally associated with the front wall and bottom wall providing a pull socket for manual actuation.

6. A door pull having a recess defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls integrally joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge walls, a projection on the edge wall extending away from the recess, and adapted to act as a stop ledge, and means providing a pull-socket for manual actuation.

7 A door pull having a recess defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls integrally joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge Walls,

a depending skirt on the bottom wall adapted to act as a stop ledge, and means providing a pullsocket, for manual actuation.

8. A door pull having a recess defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls integrally joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge walls, a stop ledge extending as a projection from the mutually perpendicular walls in directions away from the recess, and means on the front wall extending away from th recess to define a pullsocket.

9. A door pull having a recess for reception of the corner of a door, said recess being defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge walls, a depending skirt extending along the bottom wall adapted to act as a stop ledge, a rim having its upper edge substantially co-planar with the upper surface of th bottom wall and its lower edge co-planar with the bottom of the depending skirt, said rim extending laterally from the lower edge of the front wall and cooperating therewith to define a pull-socket.

10. A door pull having a recess for reception of the corner of a door, said recess being defined by spaced front and rear parallel side walls joined by mutually perpendicular bottom and edge walls, a depending skirt extending along the bottom Wall adapted to act as a stop ledge, a rim having its upper edge substantially co-planar with the upper surface of the bottom wall and its lower edge co-planar with the bottom of the depending skirt, said rim extending laterally from the lower edge of the front wall and cooperating therewith to define a pull-socket, and closure means integrally joining the upper edge of the rim and th front wall.

MAYNARD C. CRAWFORD.

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